Most mainline churches (and many others) have relied on “should” to motivate their church life. Such was the theme of the previous blog. Church is something good people should do. But that motivation is not working well anymore. What is actually working now in modern America? The same approach that worked for the Apostle Paul …
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The word “should” comes easily in church life and literature. You should go to church weekly. You should read your Bible. You should love your enemy. To lay a Christian “should” on someone makes a massive assumption: That other person wants to be a good Christian and is eager to know how. It’s an application …
The word “should” comes easily in church life and literature. You should go to church weekly. You should read your Bible. You should love your enemy. To lay a Christian “should” on someone makes a massive assumption: That other person wants to be a good Christian and is eager to know how. It’s an application …
If you just logically and clearly tell people what to do, they will indeed do it. Does this assumption square with your experience? Is it true in church life? To me, it seems quaint. Actually, it is quaint, going back to Medieval times. What formal education existed at the time of the Reformation was based …